Goliathus goliatus

Goliathus goliatus
Goliathus goliatus, flying position
Dorsal view of Goliathus goliatus at the Montreal Insectarium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Goliathus
Species:
G. goliatus
Binomial name
Goliathus goliatus
(Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms
List
  • (list includes synonyms of meleagris, sometimes treated as a subspecies[1])
  • Scarabaeus goliatus Linnaeus, 1771
  • Scarabaeus goliath Sulzer, 1776 (Missp.)
  • Scarabaeus goliathus Goeze, 1777 (Emend.)
  • Goliathus africanus Lamarck, 1801
  • Goliathus giganteus Lamarck, 1817
  • Goliathus imperialis Klug, 1835
  • Goliathus magnus Duncan, 1835
  • Goliathus drurii Macleay, 1838
  • Goliathus giganteus conspersus Kraatz, 1889
  • Goliathus giganteus marginatus Kraatz, 1889
  • Goliathus giganteus marginifer Kraatz, 1889
  • Goliathus giganteus quadrimaculatus Kraatz, 1889
  • Goliathus giganteus apicalis Kraatz, 1895
  • Goliathus intermedius Kraatz, 1895
  • Goliathus giganteus nigripes Kraatz, 1895
  • Goliathus giganteus albatus Kraatz, 1897
  • Goliathus giganteus confluens Kraatz, 1897
  • Goliathus giganteus interruptus Kraatz, 1897
  • Goliathus giganteus undulatus Kraatz, 1897
  • Goliathus giganteus conjunctivittis Kraatz, 1898
  • Goliathus giganteus curtivittis Kraatz, 1898
  • Goliathus giganteus longivittis Kraatz, 1898
  • Goliathus giganteus connectens Csiki, 1904
  • Goliathus giganteus grandis Veen, 1904
  • Goliathus meleagris Sjöstedt, 1927
  • Goliathus meleagris conjugatus Sjöstedt, 1928
  • Goliathus meleagris divergens Sjöstedt, 1928
  • Goliathus meleagris maculatus Sjöstedt, 1928
  • Goliathus meleagris niveus Sjöstedt, 1928
  • Goliathus meleagris nyassae Sjöstedt, 1928
  • Goliathus meleagris oculatus Sjöstedt, 1928
  • Goliathus meleagris partitus Sjöstedt, 1928
  • Goliathus meleagris pustulatus Sjöstedt, 1928
  • Goliathus meleagris pustuliferus Sjöstedt, 1928
  • Goliathus meleagris quadrangulatus Sjöstedt, 1928
  • Goliathus meleagris varians Sjöstedt, 1928
  • Goliathus goliathus adspersus Sjöstedt, 1928
  • Goliathus confluens albovariegatus Sjöstedt, 1928
  • Goliathus goliathus hieroglyphicus Sjöstedt, 1928
  • Goliathus confluens striatus Sjöstedt, 1928
  • Goliathus goliathus undulus Sjöstedt, 1928
  • Goliathus goliathus albipennis Endrödi, 1960
  • Goliathus goliathus guttatus Endrödi, 1960
  • Goliathus goliathus palmatus Endrödi, 1960
  • Goliathus goliathus trivittatus Endrödi, 1960
  • Goliathus goliathus vittiger Endrödi, 1960

Goliathus goliatus is a very large species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae, native to tropical Africa.[2]

  1. ^ Michele De Palma, Hitoshi Takano, Philippe Leonard, Thierry Bouyer (2020) Barcoding analysis and taxonomic revision of Goliathus Lamarck, 1802 (Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae). Entomologia Africana 25(1):11-32
  2. ^ Dendi, D.; Ajong, S.N.; Amori, G.; Luiselli, L. (2021). "Decline of the commercially attractive white morph in goliath beetle polymorphic populations". Diversity. 13 (8): 338. doi:10.3390/d13080388.